easy vegetable stew recipe | veg stew recipe | kerala style vegetable stew
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: curry
- Cuisine: kerala
Ingredients
- ½ tbsp coconut oil
- 2 cloves / lavang
- 1 inch cinnamon / dalchini
- 2 pods cardamom / elachi
- ½ onion (sliced)
- 5 beans (chopped)
- ½ carrot (chopped)
- ½ potato (cubed)
- 3 tbsp peas / matar
- 10 florets cauliflower / gobi
- 2 green chilli (slit)
- 1 inch ginger (julienne)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cup coconut milk (thin)
- few curry leaves
- ¼ cup coconut milk (thick)
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat ½ tbsp coconut oil and saute 2 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon and 2 pods cardamom.
- further, add ½ onion and saute till they shrink slightly. do not brown the onions.
- also add 5 beans, ½ carrot, ½ potato, 3 tbsp peas, 10 florets cauliflower, 2 green chilli and 1 inch ginger.
- saute for a minute.
- furthermore, add 1 cup water, 1 tsp salt and few curry leaves. mix well.
- cover and boil for 5 minutes or till vegetables are half cooked.
- now add 2 cup coconut milk (thin consistency) and mix well.
- boil for 7 minutes or till vegetables is cooked completely.
- turn off the flame and add few curry leaves, ¼ cup thick coconut milk and 1 tsp coconut oil. mix well.
- finally, serve kerala style vegetable stew with idiyappam or appam.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.